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Operational Service Medal for Sierra Leone 
Operational Service Medal for Sierra LeoneAwarded by United Kingdom Type Military Campaign Medal Eligibility Members of the United Kingdom armed forces Awarded for Campaign service Campaign Sierra Leone 1999-2004 Status Currently awarded Description Silver disk, 36mm diameter. Clasps Nil issued Statistics Established 2002 The Operational Service Medal for Sierra Leone is a campaign medal awarded since 2000 by the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom.
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Medal
The medal is silver and circular in shape.
Obverse shows the crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth.
Reverse bears the Union Flag, surrounded by the inscription ‘For Operational Service’ and the four major points of the compass, with four Coronets: Royal (top left), Naval (top right), Mural-Army (bottom left), and Astral-Royal Air Force (bottom right).
Clasp
No clasp is issued. A large 'South Atlantic' (Falkland War) type rosette is worn on the medal itself for operational service within Sierra Leone. A smaller rosette is worn on the ribbon.
Ribbon
The ribbon consists of a broad central red stripe, flanked each side by a stripe of navy blue and one of light blue, to represent the three services, with an outer stripe of green to reflect the landscape of Sierra Leone.
Qualifying criteria
Awarded for service on any of 5 operations in Sierra Leone or the Joint Operational Area which included Senegal, Gibraltar and offshore support ships such as the RFA Argus.
Awarded for either 14, 21, 30 or 45 days continuous or accumulated service required between certain specified dates on either Op Palliser, Basilica or Silkman. Also awarded to those deployed on Op Maidenly or Op Barras on specified dates ranging from 1999 to 2002
References
- http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceFor/Veterans/Medals/
- Token Publishing 'Medal Yearbook 2008'
See also
19th Century 
Army Gold Cross (1810) • Army Gold Medal (1810) • Waterloo Medal (1815) • 
Ghuznee Medal (1839) • 
Candahar, Ghuznee, Cabul Medal (1842) • Jellalabad Medals (1842) • Medal for the Defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie (1842) • 
First China War Medal (1842) • Scinde Medal (1843) • Gwalior Star (1843) • 
Sutlej Medal (1846) • 
Naval General Service Medal (1847) • 
Military General Service Medal (1847) • 
Punjab Medal (1849) • 
Army of India Medal (1851) • 
India General Service Medal (1854) • 
South Africa Medal (1854) • 
Crimean War Medal (1854) • 
Baltic Medal (1856) • 
Indian Mutiny Medal (1858) • 
Second China War Medal (1861) • 
New Zealand Medal (1869) • 
Abyssinian War Medal (1869) • 
Canada General Service Medal (1866-70) • 
Ashantee Medal (1873-74) • 
South Africa Medal (1877-79) • 
Afghanistan Medal (1878-80) • Kabul to Kandahar Star (1880) • 
Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal (1880-97) • 
Egypt Medal (1882-89) • 
North West Canada Medal (1885) • _
British South Africa Company Medal (1890-97) East and West Africa Medal (1892) • 
India Medal (1896) • 
Ashanti Star (1896) • 
Queen's Sudan Medal (1899) • 
East and Central Africa Medal (1899) • 
Queen's South Africa Medal (1899) • Queen's Mediterranean Medal (1899)Pre World War 1 
China War Medal (1900) • 
Ashanti Medal (1901) • 
King's South Africa Medal (1902) • 
Africa General Service Medal (1902) • 
Transport Medal (1902) (for South Africa or China) • 
Tibet Medal (1905) • 
India General Service Medal (1909)World War 1 
1914 Star • 1914-15 Star • 
British War Medal • 
Victory Medal • 
Territorial Force War Medal • 
Mercantile Marine War MedalInter World War World War 2 _
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1939-1945 Star • _
Atlantic Star • 
Air Crew Europe Star • __ 
Africa Star • _
Pacific Star • 
Burma Star • 
Italy Star • 
France and Germany Star • _
Defence Medal • 
War Medal 1939–1945Post World War 
Korea Medal (1951) • 
General Service Medal (1962) • 
Rhodesia Medal (1980) • 
South Atlantic Medal (1982) • 
Gulf Medal (1992) 
Accumulated Campaign Service Medal (1994)21st Century 
OSM for Sierra Leone (2000) • 
OSM for Afghanistan (2002) • 
OSM for Democratic Republic of Congo (2003) • 
Iraq Medal (2004) _
Iraq Reconstruction Service Medal (2004) • 
Accumulated Campaign Service Medal (2011)Categories:
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